01 November 2016

News Story: Over 3,500 Military Operations Launched In Seven Months

by Abdulwali Arian

Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday said at least 3,600 military operations have been launched across the country over the past seven months – killing nearly 9,000 insurgents so far.

"We managed to carry out 10 to 30 military operations on a daily basis in various provinces. Thousands of insurgents have been killed and their important resources have been destroyed so far," said Mohammad Radmanish, deputy spokesman for the Defense Ministry.

According to the Ministry of Interior (MoI), at least 9,000 militants, including more than 100 commanders, designated governors and district governors of Taliban, have been killed in the military operations so far.

"Elimination of the enemy's main bases and clearing the regions where anti-government groups have influence, were the main goals of the operations," MoI spokesman Sediq Seddiqi said.

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